| | Simple Plan DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action DVDs, Dramas Movies, Thriller Videos, Mystery, Murder, Betrayal, Brothers, Deception | | Starring | Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe, Gary Cole, Peter Syvertsen, John Paxton, Tom Carey, Chelcie Ross, Becky Ann Baker, Jack Walsh | | Director | Sam Raimi | | Co-Producer | Michael Polaire | | Costume Designer | Julie Weiss | | Director of Photography | Alar Kivilo | | Editor | Arthur Coburn, Eric Beason | | Executive Producer | Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn | | Producer | Adam Schroeder, James Jacks | | Production Designer | Patrizia von Brandenstein | | Screenwriter | Scott B. Smith |
This 121 minute feature film DVD is rated R. Sam Rami dire cted this mystery/suspense film. It features Bill Paxton, B illy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda. Surround & Dolby Surr ound sound. It comes with a theatrical trailer. Like the Coen brothers' FARGO, Sam Raimi's A SIMPLE PLAN is an ice-cold neo-noir as chilling and bleak as its snow-covered Minnesota locale. When two brothers, straightlaced family man Hank (Bill Paxton) and simple-minded loser Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton)--along with Jacob's unabashed town-drunk friend Lou (Brent Briscoe)--find 4.4 million dollars inside a crashed plane, they believe they've found the financial answer to all their problems. All they have to do is keep it a secret until the plane is discovered and any investigations are completed. This proves to be easier said than done, however, when the three men (as well as Hank's surprisingly calculating wife, Sarah, played by Bridget Fonda), each with their different reasons, begin to lose trust in the others. When an FBI agent (Gary Cole) comes to town, the tension becomes explosive, peeling away layers of familial resentment and resulting in betrayal, deceit, and, ultimately, murder. Thornton's brilliantly understated and profoundly moving performance was recognized by the Academy with a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, while the taut script, by crime writer Scott B. Smith from his own novel, was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Simple Plan Reviews: "...A morality tale of steadily mounting tension....[A] sharp, subtle work..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...Its emotional power and subtlety put it in a class of its own..."
-- Philip Kemp, Sight and Sound "...Lean, elegant, and emotionally complex -- a marvel of backwoods classicism..." -- Rating: A
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...Well acted and tautly assembled..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "Billy Wilder meets the Coen brothers, in Raimi's quietly powerful adaptation of Scott Smith's roman noir..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "...Gripping and unsettling....When you get the shivers watching this wintry tale unfold, it won't be from the cold..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "...One of the most touching noirs yet made..."-- Dan Jolin, Total Film Simple Plan | List Price | $9.98 (You save $2.93) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1998 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7367  | | CD Universe Part number | 1138675 | | Catalog number | 333767 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 22, 1999 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 121 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Digital Sound; Stereo Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; Sensormatic |
Simple Plan Movie Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   A Superb, smashing, Success!
This is an excellent film about poverty, faith, and hope. Bill Paxton at his very best.
Submitted by Mary Jane (Lebanon, KY--)
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Next to Sling Blade,Bad Santa,and the Alamo this has to be one of Billy Bob Thorton's best films.
Submitted by Blake (Brandon,MS)
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AN SPECTACULAR SUSPENSE AND TRAGIC LIKE A REAL LIFE
Who of us never feel anytime codicious? So in this movie, you can feel it, image, you live in a poor town, you will be father or mother soon, and suddenly you find a lot of money (millions!) and you only have minutes to decide what can you make with that. But you aren't alone, yours bros are more poors and vicious like you....uhmmmm it is difficult to deal with that kind of dealers not?
So this movie is like you think in all of that ¿why he didn't that?
Excellent Raimi movie, mayby his best "serious movie"
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Simple Plan DVD Region 1
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Anamorphic Widescreen -
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Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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